Precious Okoyomon

How do artists relate to the future in uncertain times? 🤔 Join artists Cannupa Hanska Luger, Precious Okoyomon, and Steffani Jemison on May 21 for an evening of presentations and conversations on future-related topics in their work, from utopias to dystopias, from repeating histories to cyclical time.    The program will conclude with a special statement from the NewMu Teen Fellows who will close the program by voicing their own “bid for the future.”   🌎 Bid for the Future: Cannupa Hanska Luger, Precious Okoyomon, and Steffani Jemison in Conversation 🗓️ Thursday May 21, 2026, 6:30–8:30pm   🎟️ For tickets, click the link in bio 🔗

ONE EITHER LOVES ONESELF OR KNOWS ONESELF (2025) - Precious Okoyomon Exhibition view at Kunsthaus Bregenz Photo by Markus Tretter Courtesy of the artist.

Walking through the 2026 Whitney Biennial, I kept returning to Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ vision of America as an unfinished “untitled” dream. A place of light and mirage, justice and racism, hunger and excess. His strings of light felt both celebratory and fragile, a reminder that democracy is something we have to keep making together. Precious Okoyomon held grief and innocence in the same suspended breath. Fritz Scholder painted the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 as a tear still vibrating through the land. Michelle Lopez transformed media overload and ecological collapse into a hypnotic storm. I stayed there awhile. Ali Eyal painted Baghdad from memory with tenderness and ache. Raven Halfmoon offered a monumental reminder that art is never made alone but alongside family, history, and ancestors. Andrea Fraser’s toddlers quietly unsettled the question of what we value and how and why. This one bothered me. Throughout the exhibition, unity was not about sameness. It was about staying in relation despite contradiction. Uneasy and improvised alliances. To be AND not to be. To live while questioning. To hold certainty and uncertainty at once. To acknowledge fear and love in the same stroke. To carry multiple truths without forcing them to resolve.

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Another week, another excited art marathon in NYC 🍎 So much great art in town..We keep running with Venice adrenaline still with us 🚀

Biennial works ✨ (untagged is Teresa Baker)

Precious Okoyomon (@devilintraining_ )talks us through their piece PRE-SKY / EMIT LIGHT: YES LIKE THAT, 2024, currently on view as part of Nigeria Imaginary: Homecoming showing at the MOWAA Campus. From Lagos to Venice, and then to Benin City, the installation operates as both a radio tower and a monument to collective cultural thinking. Inspired by the “music that the environment makes”, the tower becomes an instrument, carrying weather, memory and voice through sound, alongside the confessions of Nigerians — civilians, poets, artists, writers… and strangers. Visits to the exhibition are by appointment only at this time. Please contact [email protected] to arrange a visit.

In 1976, Alanna Heiss transformed an abandoned Queens schoolhouse into a place where artists could experiment freely. PS1 opened with “Rooms,” as much an exhibition as an artist takeover. Our building has belonged to daring artists ever since. For our 50th Anniversary Gala, we gathered to honor Alanna and also Glenn D. Lowry, two individuals who shaped our history by bringing MoMA and PS1 together in 2000, the year Greater New York launched. None other than Laurie Anderson and Ralph Lemon introduced our honorees, and we were excited to celebrate alongside other daring artists, former staff, longtime supporters, over five decades of collaborators. In a setting featuring iconic posters from our history, executive chef @devonnfrancis created a wonderful meal before our big birthday celebration ended as it should: with cake. Special thanks to our sponsors @robertmondavi  @suntoryglobal @acquapannausa  @sanpellegrino_us  @maisonperrierusa  @essentiawater @brooklynbrewery   — 📸: @bfa & @nyceventphotography

Frieze New York is here. Highlighting international talents from the gallery’s roster, Mendes Wood DM is pleased to participate in the fair. Visit us at Booth B07. Beyond the fair, catch our artists on view across the city and state. Frieze New York The Shed, Booth B07 May 13 – 17 Exhibition Walkthrough Mendes Wood DM New York “Kishio Suga” (@kishiosuga ) with Ashley Rawlings and Matilde Guidelli-Guidi Friday, May 15 at 1pm New Museum “New Humans: Memories of the Future” Featuring Julien Creuzet (@julien.creuzet ), Anna Bella Geiger (@annabellageiger ), Leah Ke Yi Zheng (@leahkeyizheng ), Precious Okoyomon (@devilintraining_ ), and Pol Taburet (@yves_ciroc ) Whitney Biennial 2026 Featuring Precious Okoyomon (@devilintraining_ ) through Aug 23 Dia Beacon “Kishio Suga” (@kishiosuga ) Mendes Wood DM Germantown “The Completionists” by Maureen Dougherty (@maureen_dougherty_ ) Apr 25 – Jun 14 #MendesWoodDM #MWDM #FriezeNewYork

THE EAR IS THE EYE OF THE SOUL 🇻🇦 @holyseepavilion2026 @labiennale starring : @dicasterycultureeducation @giardinomistico.venezia @hansulrichobrist #benvickers @soundwalkcollective and all the artists! Grazie a tutti quelli che hanno reso possibile questa ennesima magia 💫

On May 6th in Venice, we co-hosted a party where 35 artists from all over the world each brought an ingredient from home. These found their way onto pizzas, handcrafted by @tociavenezia , the Venice-based collective that explores food as a way of understanding the lagoon and its many landscapes. The Venice Biennale brings worlds together, but somehow, through its distinct social rituals, these worlds often do not quite converge. Pizzalo Mundo proposed something different: bringing worlds together through the love of pizza. As reported by @cultured_mag , “Rirkrit Tiravanija’s Penang coconut base arrived crowned with Precious Okoyomon’s flowers and Daria Kim’s wild honey. Tarek Atoui replaced tomato paste entirely with za’atar on hummus. Belgium Pavilion artist Miet Warlop brought artichoke hearts; Nordic Pavilion artist Tori Wrånes contributed self-grown potatoes pulled from Randesund soil. Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka finished a pizza with the unexpected combination of fig leaf oil and yuzu salt. The evening’s most quietly dramatic offering? A peculiar pizza built around Campbell’s pepper from Pohnpei, Micronesia (a place sometimes dubbed the Venice of the Pacific).” We want to thank all participating artists and the team who fabulously coordinated this community effort @lynnsyv @l.moretti_ @louisebriskmann @adamondak @duke187cm @onequartergreek @dariakimdariakimdariakimdaria @frequentlyaskedquestion @pioabad @matiasduville @hera.buyuktasciyan_studio @monia.benhamouda.studio @tausmakhacheva @lacachepli @himalisinghsoin @davidsointappeser @maria_taniguchi @oriolvilanova